KlUMHIMAN BfliMMSEL.JL.IE
Anthropoid«» Virgo: (VieM;)
Genus A N TH R O P O X D E S , V ieilt.
Chab- BiU thff head, entire above, sufcated. Nostrils linear,
Head either feathered, or the temples, naked. Feet four-toed, cleft; the outer toes con-
j nected by a membrane at the base.
NII M | D I -A 31 . D E M O I S E L L E .
ArftiCA is undoubtedly the true hrbitat o f the members of this gentis, o f which die turd here *•, »
typical example|at the .same time, that the range o f this specks h exceedingly extecaive k pm ed fey »he
circumstance of our having lately seen a specimen hilled in Nejiai, aud we are of opinio«. that it is also
sparingly dispensed over other purls of India, In AM« the Numidian Demoiselle » aliundaot a m «.a whole
o f its northern portions, particnlarly in the lieighbourbood o f Bildulgerid and Tripoli, while its beautiful ally
the Aitfhropoith's o f Mr. Vigors is confined to its southern portions. Dr. Latham mentions that
it is very comradn along, the whole of the African „coast o f the Mediterranean- we need not therefore be
surprised at its being included in the Fauna o f Europe, as its great powers o f flight would readily enable it to
cross the Mediterranean . and this we find to be the case, as the same author informs us it is found in the
southern plains about the Btnck and Caspian Seas, that it is frequently seen beyond Lake Baikal, about the
rivers Selinga and Argun, bat licit it is never seen Inrliier north. M. Temmrack .¡do includes It in the Fauna
Of Europe as an occasional viiitnnt to the southern p«ri» o f the Continent. It cvsrvwhcre < - iv-c« ¡1 oanh ll
for marshes, and tlm neighbourhood .¡frirera, and feeds upw'uwh, aquatic insects,' small fish, and fenrrl,,.
Like the Cranes in general, it teen eiSpjiiijiitneitii eitremeiy weli, » 1 {brats a highly ornamental and docife
creature in the menagerie. .1, I,,.. h « n know: so breed in captivity, but o f its „idifteation to a state o f nature
¡nothing is on record.
The sexes are alike in plumage.
. Cheeks, throat, 1» .it part of the neck, primaries, and the tips o f the prolonged scapularies M a c k ; a in ft ,>f
feathers proceeding backward from the eye pure white; crown o f the head and ail die remainder o f die
plumage delicate ash grey; bill black at the base and yellow at the tip; leg-- l>r<wi:isk black.
tt'e have figured an adult male rather more than half the natural $m.